Words of advice from "Hip Hop's Financial Advisor"

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Time is money. The sooner you acknowledge that, the sooner you’ll begin spending it wisely. The only thing that kills me as much as watching someone wasting their money, is watching them waste their time. See, if you go out and waste a dollar, you can work hard and make it back 10 times. But [...]

So, you guys already know that I work as a financial advisor to professional athletes and entertainers. I really enjoy what I do, but sometimes, it has unintended consequences. I speak to lots of kids, and when they find out what I do, all of their concern and attention shifts to “Wow, how much money [...]

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The President plans to levy tariffs on steel and aluminum, even though tariffs have previously been proven ineffective. So what’s really going on? Look, there is perhaps no other place that has been hit harder by the decline of the steel industry than Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas. And to be clear, I’m as Pittsburgh [...]

You may have never been to the UK, but what just happened there is affecting your money Brexit. Hopefully the first time you heard that word wasn’t last Friday when the Dow Jones tanked by 600 points and it suddenly dawned on you that your 401k was dropping too. Just in case you still haven’t heard the word, [...]

Your Lattes Aren’t The Problem. It’s Time to Make More Money. It happens like clockwork. Every year around this time your inbox starts to get inundated with advice from the so-called financial “gurus” telling you that if you want to improve your financial like you need to do things like: Stop going out to eat [...]

In part one of our interview at the NBC Pittsburgh studio with my client, former Pitt Panthers, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders cornerback Shawntae Spencer, we discuss professional athletes and the challenges they have with their money. Here are some of his thoughts: Going pro isn’t the end all be all While it’s true [...]